Vilified nurse cleared of wrongdoing
hackwatch | 02.09.2011 16:35 | Analysis | Policing | Liverpool
Given the daily mail brigade who trashed this young woman's reputation forever won't have the common decency to print a prominent and full retraction, I am putting the story on indymedia in the hope that we can remove from our society the assumption that this woman carried out sickening acts, and in the hope that we can come to understand more the life-plundering relationship between the cops and corporate media.
Rebecca Leighton was charged in July with multiple offences which amounted to the claim that she had deliberately poisoned patients, bringing about multiple deaths. With articles such as this[1] the corporate media delved deep into her personal life, in particular running the story that because she new how to have fun on her night off she was some kind of monster. They looted her facebook page for embarassing photos and used these to corroborate their vicious hate-mongering. From the offset she was treated as guilty by a press far more concerned with uncovering a demon than giving someone a fair chance to clear themselves. Meanwhile Ms Leighton was in jail on remand. She is still there, although now due to be released.
Today all charges were dropped against Ms Leighton. The CPS statement is very revealing:
"Rebecca Leighton was charged on the basis that there was a reasonable suspicion she had committed the offences and there were reasonable grounds for believing the continuing investigation would provide further evidence within a reasonable amount of time.
"When we make a decision on this basis it would be wrong of us to keep a suspect in custody indefinitely without keeping a very close eye on what evidence is emerging and whether objections to bail can be justified.
"The inquiries, which are still ongoing, have not so far provided us with a stronger case which would meet the test that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction. This is the test all cases must meet for a prosecution to go ahead."
It can be seen, there was never anything more than some circumstantial evidence against this woman. She was charged not because the cops genuinely believed they had a full case, but because they wanted to continue to investigate her - perhaps charging her gave them more time to make their investigations. By their own admission they didn't have a case sufficient to prosecute. But they charged her, remanded her and sent her details out to the world, which now knows her as a cold, twisted patient-murderer.
Who knows what happened at that hospital. I'm certainly not saying that this woman is innocent. I'm saying I don't have a clue, you don't have a clue and the corporate media most certainly has no fucking clue. They will never admit that.
[1]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2016742/Rebecca-Leighton-quizzed-police-5th-patient-dies-saline-poisoning.html
Today all charges were dropped against Ms Leighton. The CPS statement is very revealing:
"Rebecca Leighton was charged on the basis that there was a reasonable suspicion she had committed the offences and there were reasonable grounds for believing the continuing investigation would provide further evidence within a reasonable amount of time.
"When we make a decision on this basis it would be wrong of us to keep a suspect in custody indefinitely without keeping a very close eye on what evidence is emerging and whether objections to bail can be justified.
"The inquiries, which are still ongoing, have not so far provided us with a stronger case which would meet the test that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction. This is the test all cases must meet for a prosecution to go ahead."
It can be seen, there was never anything more than some circumstantial evidence against this woman. She was charged not because the cops genuinely believed they had a full case, but because they wanted to continue to investigate her - perhaps charging her gave them more time to make their investigations. By their own admission they didn't have a case sufficient to prosecute. But they charged her, remanded her and sent her details out to the world, which now knows her as a cold, twisted patient-murderer.
Who knows what happened at that hospital. I'm certainly not saying that this woman is innocent. I'm saying I don't have a clue, you don't have a clue and the corporate media most certainly has no fucking clue. They will never admit that.
[1]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2016742/Rebecca-Leighton-quizzed-police-5th-patient-dies-saline-poisoning.html
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